Hi everyone, Today is the pencils-down day for the GSOC 2013. I am really happy to have been a part of this project. This is my first time at open-source and at development at a bigger scale. Sometimes, the thought that a lot of people might actually use the android app really scares me, but it has also been an inspiration.
My project's goals were to develop an android application that can help in easy and secure exchange of darknet node references and also to try an android port of freenet. The latter part has been dropped at a very initial stage because of want of time. I have given a brief description of my project towards the end of the mail. I would like to thank my mentor nextgens for his valuable advises at the apt times (using multicast, reducing unnecessary complexities, using Moxie trustmanager, to modify MDNSReceiver ...) and toad_ for always being prompt with replies to all the random questions I've had and also for his useful inline comments on every mail. Also, I wish to thank all the other developers on irc. Especially Arnebab, tgs3 for trying, unsuccessfully, to break me out of my school LAN. Another experience I cherish about the project, are the thought provoking discussions between experienced developers about the NSA, about gwt, about maven, about recursively building whole operating system and even about global warming.. on irc Brief Description: Each mobile is meant to be associated with a home freenet node. To achieve this, a darknet app server (on the lines of SimpleToadletServer) is added to freenet. The presence of this server is broadcast on all the network interfaces by using jmdns through MDNSDiscoveryPlugin. When our mobile is connected to the home network (either connecting to same router/ap or tethering via usb/bt/wifi) "and" the app is running, it discovers this broadcast, tries to verify whether it is actually talking to the home network (manual confirmation during first association and automatic from later on) and downloads our darknet node reference. Also, if it has recently exchanged new references, it pushes them to our home node. These references are displayed on the add a friend page until the user either confirms/rejects them. To exchange nodereferences, either bt or wifi-direct (on newer mobiles) can be used on the app. As soon as one of these is started, a server starts on individual mobiles. The details of the device required for connection e.g. SSID, MAC, passkey etc. are stored as a QRCode and also as an NDEF message (nfc) on each mobile. Now, one of the mobiles has to transfer its details to the other mobile either by bringing devices back to back or by scanning QR. The device which receives the details shuts down its own server and connects to the other mobile's. After exchanging node references, the connection is closed. In addition, the conventional approach of "discovery, click to connect" is also supported. Also, for mobiles with good cameras(>5MP), scanning the whole nodereference as a QR is supported There is much scope for improvement on the app. For example, putting android application record in nfc message so that the app will be automatically downloaded from play store if our friend does not already have the app or mobile - friendnode exchange or homenode-homenode exchange etc. I am very much willing to continue being a part of the project Thanks, Nitesh Bharadwaj _______________________________________________ Devl mailing list Devl@freenetproject.org https://emu.freenetproject.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/devl
